-F <freq>::
 --freq=<freq>::
-       Profile at this frequency.
+       Profile at this frequency. Use 'max' to use the currently maximum
+       allowed frequency, i.e. the value in the kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate
+       sysctl.
 
 -i::
 --inherit::
 
        OPT_STRING(0, "sym-annotate", &top.sym_filter, "symbol name",
                    "symbol to annotate"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "zero", &top.zero, "zero history across updates"),
-       OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &opts->user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
+       OPT_CALLBACK('F', "freq", &top.record_opts, "freq or 'max'",
+                    "profile at this frequency",
+                     record__parse_freq),
        OPT_INTEGER('E', "entries", &top.print_entries,
                    "display this many functions"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('U', "hide_user_symbols", &top.hide_user_symbols,